My company doesn’t work weekends unless you’re on call or something. I could see it happen with incident response or security operations, but other things aren’t so critical that we need to have our staff working outside of normal business hours.
I may be lucky as well because I work within GRC, and we have a huge focus on work-life balance.
This 70% number seems high. I’m in leadership.
So you’re hearing your mic play back through your speakers?
I’ve actually done this before and if this is the same scenario as I understand your explanation, I know how to possibly fix it.
What I believe is going on here is that deep within your audio settings in a galaxy far far away from where most people understand audio settings are, there’s a feature that plays back a device on another device. I believe your microphone has a setting enabled to loop itself back through your speakers.
Here’s how to check on whether this is your issue -
These directions are for Windows 10, I don’t know if this exists on Win 11 but assuming it does.
in your system tray by the clock, find the speaker icon, right click on it, and choose “Sounds”
you should see a “Sound” window open with four tabs - Playback, Recording, Sounds, and Communications. Click on the Recording tab
find your headset microphone, and notice that it likely has a green circle with a white checkmark inside it indicating that it’s the default recording device. Right click on it and choose “Properties” at the bottom
a new window should open titled “Microphone Properties” and it should have four tabs - General, Listen, Levels, and Advanced. Click the “Listen” tab.
Ensure that the checkbox that says “Listen to this device” is NOT checked. Hit apply, and hopefully your issue is resolved!
As a side note, the levels tab in step four is also where you can adjust your microphone volume, I usually try to set this around 90-95 percent, and for some reason from time to time it can be set back to default 50 percent, so you might check that too. As always, try to adjust to your own setup as everyone’s audio devices and software configuration can differ.
Hope this is it!
If you’re still hearing your mic through your IEMs, you might check the other present recording devices present to ensure this setting I noted in step 5 is not checked there either.
Death by a thousand cuts
It’s really easy to have people join your game, or for you to join others. Also, it’s not terrible playing solo either. I’m really enjoying it both ways. Feel free to add me on steam (same name) if you’re on PC, or if on PS5 DM me and I can send you a friend invite if you want to team up and spread some democracy.
My experience moving from the 6 pro to the 8 pro wasn’t some sort of magical fantastical generational leap, however it addressed basically every single gripe I had with the 6 pro. The battery is MUCH better. The screen is much better, it’s smoother, and the camera is still fantastic. The screen is also flat, not curved, so screen protectors fit much better. I just wish we still had a hardware fingerprint reader like before the 6 pro. That being said, the camera supporting face unlock is fantastic for my home and work apps.
Absolutely solid upgrade and I would do it again if I had the chance.
SMS 2fa has been recommended NOT to use since 2016.
Yep SMS two factor authentication usage was officially suggested to no longer utilize by NIST in 2016, and in practice before that, to your point.
This shit is old, people! It’s trivial to compromise. Start transitioning where you can to passkeys and start using an app based MFA, like Duo or Authy, both free.
What client are you using? I’m using boost on Android and I’m able to see all the comments
It’s actually a hallmark / strategy of his family. “The only thing we are on this Earth for is to reproduce”